How to properly punctuate the words your characters speak. Dialogue How to properly punctuate the words your characters speak.

Dialogue needs to simultaneously… Dialogue plays and essential role in bringing characters to life. Dialogue in fiction is never merely to convey information. Dialogue needs to simultaneously… Characterize Provide exposition Set the scene Advance the action Foreshadow And/or remind

Things to remember when writing dialogue Write it as realistically as possible. Make it clear who is speaking when. Do not give too much information or unrealistic information in dialogue. Keep the conversation moving. Make it as easy to read as possible.

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“The Most dangerous game” by Richard Connell Worked for his father’s newspaper Harvard University - Journalism Served in WWI Many short stories became films